SOIL SURVEY of HASTINGS COUNTY J. E. Gillespie R. E. Wicklund Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture and N. R. Richards Ontario Agricultural College GUELPH, ONTARIO REPORT No. 27 OF THE ONTARIO SOIL SURVEY 1962 Research Branch, Canadcr Department of Agriculture and the Ontario Agricultural College SOIL SURVEY MAPS AND REPORTS PUBLISHED BY COUNTIES NorfoIk .......................................................................... Map No. 1 Elgin .............................................................................. Map No. 2 Kent ................................................................................ Map No. 3 Haldimand ...................................................................... Map No. 4 Welland .......................................................................... Map No. 5 Middlesex ........................................................................ Map No. 6 Carleton ...................................................................... Report No. 7 Parts of Northwestern Ontario .................................... Report No. 8 Durham ...................................................................... Report No. 9 Prince Edward ............................................................ Report No. 10 Essex .......................................................................... Report No. 11 Grenville .................................................................... Report No. 12 Huron ........................................................................ Report No. 13 Dundas ........................................................................ Report No. 14 Perth .......................................................................... Report No. 15 Bruce .......................................................................... Report No. 16 Grey ........................................................................... .Report No. 17 Peel ............................................................................ Report No. 18 York ............................................................................ Report No. 19 Stormont .................................................................... Report No. 20 New Liskeard - Englehart Area .................................. Report No. 21 Lambton .................................................................... Report No. 22 Cntario ........................................................................ Report No. 23 Glengarry .................................................................... Report No. 24 Victoria ...................................................................... Report No. 25 Manitoulin .................................................................. Report No. 26 Hastings ...................................................................... Report No. 27 Oxford ........................................................................ Report No. 28 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The soil survey of Hastings County was carried out as a joint project of the staff of the Canada Department of Agriculture and the Ontario Agricultural College. Those who assisted in the field mapping were W. Pelton and D. Logsdail. The authors wish to express their appreciation for the advice and assistance given by Dr. P. C. Stobbe, Director, Soils Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Drafting of the soil map and analyses of the various soils were carried out at the Ontario Agricultural College and grateful acknowledgment is made of the help provided by the staff. The soil map was prepared for lithographing by the Cartographic section of the Soils Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. TABLE OF CONTENTS introduction . 6 General Description of the Area ........................................................................ 7 Location and Area .................................................................................. 7 County Seat and Principal Towns .......................................................... 7 Population .............................................................................................. 7 Transportation and Markets .................................................................... 7 Present Agriculture ................................................................................ 9 Geology . 11 Drainage . 13 Climate . 13 Classification and Description of the Soils . 17 Soil Series, Soil Types and Phases . ..**..**......................................................... 22 Soil Key .............................................................................................................. 22 Bondhead ................................................................................................ 26 Eldorado ................................................................................................ 29 Otonabee ................................................................................................ 30 Emily ...................................................................................................... 32 Lyons ...................................................................................................... 32 Dummer ................................................................................................ 33 Deloro .................................................................................................... 34 Monteagle .............................................................................................. 35 South Bay .............................................................................................. 36 Elmbrook .............................................................................................. 37 Sidney .................................................................................................... 39 Waupoos ................................................................................................ 40 Solmesville .............................................................................................. 41 Lindsay .................................................................................................. 42 Dundonald .............................................................................................. 42 Tioga ...................................................................................................... 43 Alliston .................................................................................................. 44 Granby .................................................................................................. 44 Cramahe ................................................................................................ 4s Wendigo ................................................................................................ 46 Bancroft .................................................................................................. 46 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) Page St. Peter’s ................................................................................................ 48 Bookton .................................................................................................. 48 Berrien .................................................................................................... 49 Wauseon ................................................................................................ 49 Percy ...................................................................................................... 50 Trent ...................................................................................................... 51 Fox boro .................................................................................................. 51 Farmington ............................................................................................ 51 Ameliasburg .......................................................................................... 52 Bottom Land .......................................................................................... 53 Muck ...................................................................................................... 53 Peat ........................................................................................................ 53 Miscellaneous Mapping Units .............................................................................. 53 Crop Adaptability Ratings for the Soils of Hastings County .............................. 54 Taxonomic Classification, Profile Descriptions and Analytical Data .................. 60 TABLES 1 1. Trend in Population ...................................................................................... 7 i.3 Present Land Use and Livestock Population by Areas ................................ 9 _3 . Mean Monthly and Annual Temperatures in Hastings County.. .................. 13 3. Mean Monthly and Annual Precipitation in Hastings County.. .................. 15 5. Moisture Deficiencies as Determined by the Thornthwaite Method ............ 15 6. Ciimatic Summaries for Hastings County .................................................... 16 7. Soil Series arranged according to their Catenary Relationship.. .................. 25 I4 . Crop Adaptability Ratings for the Soils of Hastings County.. .................... 55 9. Average Yields for selected Crops on Hastings County Soils.. .................... 59 As reported by farmers or estimated from standing crops by survey personnel. , FIGURES , I. Outline Map of Ontario Showin g Location of Hastings County.. ...............